{"id":649501,"date":"2026-05-04T18:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/649501\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T18:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T18:10:13","slug":"ufc-328-embedded-no-1-alvarez-fight-week-is-like-a-rollercoaster-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/649501\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC 328 ‘Embedded,’ No. 1: Alvarez fight week is like a rollercoaster, baby"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UFC is back on the East Coast for UFC 328, its fifth numbered event of the calendar year, and two titles are on the line in New Jersey.<\/p>\n

The popular “Embedded” fight week video series is here to document what’s happening behind the scenes. UFC 328 (Paramount+) takes place Saturday at Prudential Center in\u00a0Newark.<\/p>\n

Advertisement<\/p>\n

The headliner is a middleweight title fight between champion Khamzat Chimaev<\/a> (15-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) and ex-champ Sean Strickland<\/a> (30-7 MMA, 17-7 UFC). There have been threats of violence between the two that fall outside the realm of cagefighting, which has added intrigue to the week.<\/p>\n

In the co-feature, Joshua Van<\/a> (16-2 MMA, 9-1 UFC) puts his flyweight title on the line for the first time, and he’s an underdog against challenger Tatsuro Taira (18-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC).<\/p>\n

The\u00a0first episode of “Embedded” follows the featured fighters while they get ready for fight week. Here is the UFC’s description of the episode from YouTube:<\/p>\n

“Sean Strickland bulldozes his yard ahead of some construction; Champion Khamzat Chimaev celebrates his birthday with his team at the gym; Tatsuro Taira trains in Colorado with fellow UFC fighters Cory Sandhagen<\/a> and interim lightweight champ Justin Gaethje<\/a>; Joel Alvarez hits the thrill rides at Coney Island; King Green wraps up his camp in California; Joshua Van prepares for his first title defense with some intense cardio work.”<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on MMA Junkie: UFC 328 ‘Embedded’ behind-scenes preview video 1: Chimaev-Strickland<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The UFC is back on the East Coast for UFC 328, its fifth numbered event of the calendar…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":566955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,314166,41111,8944,4120,41976,785,52587,43022,85,29100,787],"class_list":["post-649501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-fighting","tag-joel-alvarez","tag-joshua-van","tag-justin-gaethje","tag-khamzat-chimaev","tag-middleweight-title-fight","tag-mma","tag-prudential-center","tag-sean-strickland","tag-sports","tag-tatsuro-taira","tag-ufc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=649501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/566955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}